[arnath]

Random thing I’ve been wondering: is there a point in including TLS support in web servers any more? Isn’t it always better to run a reverse proxy and terminate HTTPs at the edge?

[dorianniemiec]

The problem is that you will have more moving parts - a web server, and an additional reverse proxy (which can add overhead). Also, Ferron can also be configured as a reverse proxy.

[yencabulator]

For many uses, the reverse proxy is the cloud load balancer. That's probably what the grandparent is thinking too.

[shim__]

The web Server is the reverse proxy allowing the upstream to be plain http